St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-05
HE WAS A GRoCERY CLERK ONCE.

very dainty toilets. Ball dresses of col
Ored tulle or white lace are the rule with
Partisan young ladies. The former are
ornamented with flowers, the latter with
gold embroidery. Three little puffs of
tulle matching the dress are worn in
the hair, either arranged as a
chaplet or set here and there irregu-
larly. Jackets and scarf mantles
are the dreSSy wraps to use with various
costumes, the jackets being made of eX-
quiSite camefS hair stuffs, with revers
thrown back like those of mans coat,
covered with gold galloon or braiding.
and showing vest of some rich fabric,
or else of gold-braided wool. These
coats will be worn with very rich
dresses; there are also many scarf
mantles of repped silks and beaded
fabrics, with festOOned ropes of beads
and the long fringes, that fall in sepa-
rate strands the whole length of the
garment. Jackets for the present sea-
son, and to be worn on cool days
throughout the summer and until next
October, are being made rOugh-looking,
but rich wooden, in ecru, cream or sand
color, very richly braided with old gold
or furnished gold braid; the braid may
be fiat or round. or simply twisted
Single-breasted jackets are again made
with two darts, and very closely fitted.
LADIES IN NEW YORK
are getting more and more into the way
of resOrting to the Turkish bath as a
means of restoring color to the cheeks
and brightness to the eyes after a night
of dissipation. | know a girl whose
complexion is of the cleareSt, but who
has left the ball room many time as
early as o'clock, so fearful is she of in
juring her greatest charm. She heard
of the Turkish bath, and therefore risked
dancing until and after the other
morning. From the ball room she went
directly to the bathing establishment,
feeling as if the entire world saw her in
famed eyes and Sunken cheeks. From
the office she was conducted to box of
room about as large as a section in a
sleeping car. And when my friend had
removed her garments, which she ac-
cOmpliShed with some hesitation at the
last Qt did seem so unnatural to have
no long inclusive gown to throw
over the rapidly appearing body,
she decided that, as she was
in for it, any way, she would not bother
with the poor protection of towel, but
would face the bath with bold SIMPLE
ity. The attendant returned shortly
and seemed SO utterly devoid of con-
seriousness so far as seeing was con-
cerned that the new customer regained
somewhat her compOsure. She was led
into an ir0n-walled room, where the air
was so hot that the perspiration started
at once from every pore. She was told
to sit dOwn-there were several chairs
for the purpoSe-and wait until called
for. The heat was surprisingly great,
but after a moment it produced that
languid feeling that is perfectly delicious
to a tired body. The attendant re-en-
tered shortly and bound wet towel
about the new customers head. 1t be-
gan to steam almost Immediately. Five
minutes of this and it became uncOm-
Portable, ten a torture, fifteen fright
full, and the last FIVE of the twenty min
utes were simply Unreasonable suffer
ing. Then strong, motherly-lOoking
woman came in. She had, on a loose
gown that had no sleeves and fell only
to the knees.
''How long must l stay here?" ex-
claimed the suffering customer.
The attendant ran her hand along the
dear girls back and limbs and said:
You seem to have perspired pretty
well; guess you can come along now.''
They went into room adjoining. 1t
was nearly as hot as the first. There
was,a table in it on which the parbOiled
girl was requested to lie down. Then
tllO w I'll WCllt DIT llCI
IN A neutrality-suspicious. STYLE.
She rubbed and scrubbed and lathered
her for several minutes, and scraped her
with brush, and kneaded her flesh,
until it seemed as if her very bones
must have felt the cleaning effect of the
operation. The attendant was putting
and blowing from the eXertiOn when
she told the customer to sit up and
went to hose that lay innocently coiled
up at one side of the room. Without
more than ''sit still now, please" she
began to play cooling stream of water
on the lathered and glowing girl. The
word cooling is used advisedly, for as il
played it rapidly grew chilly, and pres
emily the dear girl was spluttering a
helpless plea for change. The con-
traSt with the intense heat she had en-
dured was tremendous. The attendant
dropped the hose when she thought best,
but before the poor innocent customer
could rejoice at the relief she was being
pounded with the icy cold blows of a
ShOwer-bath. 1t was agony itself, and
it seemed as if every inch of her gliSt-
ening cuticle were being OVERLAND with
prickling icicles. But this, too, had its
end, and the novice was all but crying
with WEAKNESS and torture when the
attendant led her into another room and
DtSdu w uTy ner. w hen Cn6 water mac
been fairly removed from her body she
was wrapped in blanket and taken to
her room.
How long will you sleep?" asked the
attendant.
why, l don't want to sleep at all"
replied the customer. Il want to 90
home"
But she was told she would have to
lie there awhile anyway, and that she
would surely fall asleep, so she would
better say when she wanted to get up.
She named her hour and was tucked up